Codonopsis, Hyacinth Bean, Lotus Seed, Euryale Seed & Loach Fish Soup

Why people make this soup

Loach fish (牛鳅鱼, niu qiu yu) is one of Nourilo’s favourite soup fish — clean in flavour and well suited to long, slow simmering. When you pan-fry the fish first and then simmer it slowly, the resulting broth is richly savoury, milky-white, and deeply warming. Paired with a classic combination of spleen-supporting Chinese herbs — codonopsis, lotus seeds, euryale seeds, and toasted hyacinth beans — the soup becomes one of the most complete digestive-support soups in the Cantonese repertoire. It works for the whole family: for children who seem to eat but never seem to grow, for adults whose stomachs feel perpetually tired, and for anyone whose absorption just seems off.